The place: outer space. The time: the future. The situation: the class divide that we see in present-day America magnified to a ludicrous, outlandish degree, where robots (or in the world of Andrew Smith’s Rabbit and Robot, “cogs”) have taken…
Keep YA Weird Giveaway: The Best and Weirdest Young Adult Books
March is “Keep YA Weird” Month. Inspired by the release of Andrew Smith’s new book, The Alex Crow, as well as the paperback release ov Smith’s super weird (but super awesome) Grasshopper Jungle. We love weird YA, and we’re happy that it’s here to stay.
The Young Folks’ Best Books of 2014
The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2014! From The Bone Clocks to Grasshopper Jungles, our tastes in books may slightly differ, but there’s no doubt that 2014…
Book Review: “Winger” by Andrew Smith
Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his…
Book Review: 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic…
‘Grasshopper Jungle’ Blog Tour Stop + Giveaway
In the midst of my confusion and wonderment that I was feeling after turning the final page of Grasshopper Jungle, I was asked to participate in the Grasshopper Jungle Blog Tour. I doubt my catatonia was detectable via email, but…